Retraction: Fiery frills: Carotenoid-based coloration predicts contest success in frillneck lizards (Behavioral Ecology 24:5 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art041);Fiery frills: Carotenoid-based coloration predicts contest success in frillneck lizards

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1138-1149

  Hamilton, David G ^a   Whiting, Martin J ^b   Pryke, Sarah R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydosaurus kingii; color signal; communication; fighting ability; reflectance; visual modeling.

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAROTENOID; COLOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIZARD; PREDICTION; REFLECTANCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOSAURUS KINGII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84882362470     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary014     Document Type: Erratum

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